10 BEST TIPS TO BREAK 100

In this video, Neil Tappin is joined by PGA Professional Alex Elliott look at the keys to breaking one of golf's biggest milestones - 100. Alex offers some simple guidance on how think while you are out on the course, what to practice and he also offers some practical advice on the shots you'll need to develop. These tips are designed to be simple and achievable for any golfer looking to break 100.

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[kc]

Restarted golf last year after 15 years, breaking 100 started happening when I spent less time in the trees. Keeping the ball in play and taking easy option to get out of trouble was the key.

[georgiewalker]

Thank you gentlemen for this wonderful video. I am a senior beginner lady golfer. I am determined to improve my scores next year. These 10 tips will be my guide. Best regards to you from South Africa 🇿🇦⛳️💫🎄

[simonhuggett]

A tip I recently learnt was to use my hybrid around the green. It saved me 4 shots from when using my wedge.

[robertbain]

Good advice, but one thing I would add is that breaking 100 on a par 72 really means 9 bogeys and 9 double bogeys gets it done. How many times do you look at your card after the round and say ”I would have broken 100 today except for that snowman on #4 and the triple on 18.” Keeping the ball in play is more important than hitting it long into trouble. I was struggling with my driver last time out. Course was very tight and penal. Missing a fairway very often meant a penalty stroke. Hit 6 irons off every tee that I could and carded a 44 on the front, 45 on the back. Penalty strokes absolutely kill a round and if one is struggling to break 100 you simply can’t afford them. Not a pretty round, but I got through it with out a big crooked number on the card.

[davidbrock]

Best tip I've seen was to use double bogey as par on the hardest nine holes and use bogey as par on the rest.

[jeremymcginnis]

So close!! 101 yesterday!! Didn’t use a fairway finder enough!

[John-pnrt]

If you are trying to break 100 rule number one for me even now as a someone off six is when in a bunker just get out. Nothing kills a score than taking two (or more) to get out of the sand.

[Dan-gbhm]

The best tip to break don't drink too much liquor during the round

[KempThomas]

The key to breaking 100 is to play each hole from the green back to the tee. By looking at what club and distance that you feel the most comfortable with going into the green. Then working back from there. Also, by reducing the chances of bad shots, like not going for a tuck-in flag, instead go for the largest part of the green.

[AllTradesGeorge]

I struggle with ADHD on the course...when I can stay focused and in my groove, it's amazing...I'm consistently scoring pars and bogeys.

Unfortunately, it doesn't take much to break my groove. Playing too fast, playing too slow, fixating on a bad shot, getting tired and sloppy...

I'm also trying to overcome having fallen down a rabbit-hole on here a few years ago, and watching way too many swing tutorials. It did great things for my driver off the tee...added a consistent 30-40 yards...but now I'm trying to stop second-guessing everything else (my irons and wedges and even, sometimes, my putter). I went from consistently scoring +18 to rarely doing better than +35.

[joeidaho]

Aiming sticks are great....but, at the same time, they also tend to make golfers think that's all there is it to aiming. On the whole, they're so often a beginner's deceitful tool. The real aiming is done with the timing of the swing coming through to impact....combined with the swivel of the shoulders and hips. If that timing is off, then no aiming stick will do any good for you. The real aiming is done with the mind....and the athleticism and concentration that produces great timing.

[anthonygiuliano]

My biggest problem is a massive slice … I’ve tried everything can’t get rid of it

[zekebones]

Why in the world is he bagging the Ricky Fowler butter knifes 😂

[iainhamilton]

Would be more convincing if they had a 24 handicapper hitting the shots!! 😂

[whitneymacdonald]

You missed having someone who plays like me demonstrating what to do.

[jamesklapetzky]

The only tip I disagree with is carrying a 5 wood over a 3 wood? I hit my 3 wood 10× better than my 5 wood every time I play a round of golf.

[mattwaters]

My best tip is, don't play more than 9 holes at a time. Works every time. 😂

[greglp]

If you can't break 100 you should be taking up another pastime. Something non-athletic, like stamp collecting.

[blade]

I can't hit hybrids for shit, but kill my long irons. my mess ups are 3, 5, 7 off the tee and pitch shots under 100 pretty much where I lose strokes